The education in Thailand is ranked eighth out of ten countries of ASEAN. According to The Nation (2013), “In a recent report, The World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked Thailand eighth in the 10-member Asean grouping in this category, which was even lower than Vietnam and Cambodia” The effect of Thailand education being so bad. There is become a big problems with teachers emphasize memorization, students are weak in second-third languages, and intelligent people do not want to be teachers.
The first main cause of poor education in Thailand is teachers emphasize memorization. Teachers focus on rote learning in all subjects. Teachers had learned the old education system of Thailand and taught students in the traditional system.